
Che Best Cime to Plant! 
The best time to transplant all plant material 
of definite hardiness is in the Autumn. At this 
time of year weather and soil conditions are 
usually better than early spring. Little winter 
protection is required other than a light cover- 
ing of hay or straw...Do not stop your garden 
operations because of the first light frost in the 
Autumn, It is a help rather than a hindrance. 
We ship no plants or bulbs except at the 
season when they will grow best. This may 
mean two or more shipments to you--typical of 
the kind of service we render you. Place your 
order now and let us assume all responsibility 
of shipping dates. 
PLANT HARDY PLANTS FROM SEPT. Ist 
TO NOV. 1st; ROSES FROM OCT. 15th TO DEC. 
Ist; PEONIES, BLEEDING HEARTS, GERMAN 
AND JAPANESE IRIS FROM SEPT. 1st TO 
FROST: ORIENTAL POPPIES AND PYRETHRUMS 
FROM AUG. 15th TO OCT. 15th; DUTCH BULBS 
FROM OCT. Ist UNTIL GROUND IS FROZEN; 
MADONNA LILIES FROM AUG. 15th TO NOV. 
Ist; ALL OTHER LILIES IMMEDIATELY WHEN 
RECEIVED. DETAILED PLANTING INSTRUCT- 
IONS ARE SENT WITH EVERY ORDER... 
PLEASE ORDER NOW FOR BEST RESULTS. 
Best Served Are Those 
Who Order Early 
Order Now--- We Ship 
At Planting Time 
All orders are filled in the order of their 
receipt by us and are shipped at planting time. 
The reasons for this are obvious to you and it 
means that those who order early have a distinct 
advantage over those who wait until the last 
'- minute. Towards the end of the season many 
varieties are sold out. 
Ordering now gives us sufficient advance 
notice of your requirements, enabling us to 
determine the kind and quantity of stocks we 
must have on hand. Only through such advance 
knowledge could we possibly hope to fill the 
enormous number of orders which annually pour 
in upon us from our thousands of customers. In 
fact, it is not always possible to fill all orders 
which arrive too late as our stocks are frequently 
exhausted in the filling of orders for those who 
had the foresight to order early. 
- The Seasons, (as Shakespeare said of Time 
and Tide), wait on no man. For this reason the 
nursery business is a most exacting one where 
Nature, in the final analysis, is the only real 
Master. No other business is so subject to the 
whims and moods of the Seasons and to the 
caprice of climate as is a nursery serving cus- 
tomers in all parts of the country... This means 
that in no other business is such a high degree 
of co-operation essential as that which must 
exist between customer and nursery. Won't 
you please continue this same splendid co- 
operation by sending in your order today? 
